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Wednesday, April 1, 2009

the Mountain Climber.......

THE MOUNTAIN CLIMBER

They tell the story of a mountain climber, who desperate to conquer theAconcagua, initiated his climb after years of preparation. But he wantedthe glory to himself, therefore, he went up alone. He started climbing andit was becoming later, and later. He did not prepare for camping butdecided to keep on going. Soon it got dark...

Night fell with heaviness at a very high altitude. Visibility was zero.Everything was black. There was no moon, and the stars were covered byclouds. As he was climbing a ridge at about 100 meters from the top, heslipped and fell. Falling rapidly he could only see blotches of darknessthat passed. He felt a terrible sensation of being sucked in by gravity.

He kept falling....and in those anguishing moments good and bad memoriespassed through his mind. He thought certainly he would die. But then hefelt a jolt that almost tore him in half. Yes!! Like any good mountainclimber he had staked himself with a long rope tied to his waist.

In those moments of stillness, suspended in the air he had no other choicebut to shout, "HELP ME GOD", "HELP ME!"

All of a sudden he heard a deep voice from heaven..."What do you want me todo?"

"SAVE ME"

"Do you REALLY think that I can save you?"

"OF COURSE, MY GOD"

"Then cut the rope that is holding you up."

There was another moment of silence and stillness. The man just held tighterto the rope.

The rescue team says that the next day they found, a frozen mountain climberhanging strongly to a rope... TWO FEET OFF THE GROUND.

How about you? How trusting are you in that rope? Why don't you let it go?I tell you, God has great and marvelous thing for you.

........-"THE CATCH" You asked me if I caught anything? Well, now, I didn't catch fish. But still I made as grand a catch as anyone could wish. I caught a glimpse of the work of God, with another day begun. I caught a sight for which artist strive, the glory of a rising sun. I caught gentle breezes on my brow, the morning mist in my hair. I caught cloud filtered rays of sun and nature's perfumed air. I caught the sound of singing birds; the sight of a squirrel at play. I caught the wonder of the world, the awe of a breaking day. No, Mister, no. I didn't catch fish, but that doesn't matter, you see, When I catch all the glories that nature unfolds and puts on display for me. ******************************************** ( How To Describe The Bible in 50 Words! ) God made_ Adam bit_ Noah arked_ Abraham split_ Joseph ruled _Jacob fooled_ Bush talked _Moses balked_ Pharaoh plagued_ People walked_ Sea divided_ Tablets guided _Promise landed_ Saul freaked _David peeked_ Prophets warned_ Jesus born_ God walked _Love talked_ Anger crucified _Hope died_ Love rose_ Spirit flamed _Word spread_ God remained.